Showing posts with label Hard Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hard Love. Show all posts
Hard Love by Shana Vanterpool
Title: Hard Love
Series: Guns & Ink
Author: Shana Vanterpool
Genre: N/A Contemporary Romance Standalone
Release Date: May 22, 2018
When two people in pain collide, there is something intoxicating about drowning in the chaos of hard love.
Brando Hawkins is a detective with the Denver Police Department. The world should be his to take. He’s a dedicated officer with a promising career. But Brando’s got secrets. Dark, ruthless secrets. At twenty-six, he’s burned-out, and the sight of another body, one more unhappy ending, might just do him in.
Catherine Abbott is a woman who wars with her demons and guards her heart. Immersed in a world where people ink their lives on their skin, Catherine trusts only that which she can see. And, as a rape survivor, she finds comfort in control.
But Brando’s demons start to tangle with hers. They’re dangerous, like hers. But they’re beautiful too.
A spray of bullets brings them together, and the pain of their pasts collide with the lure of their futures. Cat wants to mend his heart and his wounds, but Brando’s secrets lay tucked away in a vault so tightly sealed, she can’t get through.
Everything around them is covered in the confusion of love and the burn of revenge, but no one ever said love was easy.
Hard Love is the next standalone installment in the Guns & Ink series by Shana Vanterpool, a world of tattoos, love, and redemption from Swoon Romance.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This
isn't my first rodeo with Shana Vanterpool and i have to say that i
love getting right into her books. They are edgy, dark and so very on
point when it comes to the darkness that resides in human nature; about
the urges that we tend to forget that we have and want to deny having in
the first place.
Hard
Love was all that - the need to find something that will make your
heart pound harder than ever before, to finding what makes you feel,
whether it's pain, desire or even fear, and especially, it's about
taking a dive into something that makes your heart beat faster than ever
before, no matter the kind of danger that surrounds you. I wish i had
read the previous book in this series so that i would have gotten a
better feel of what the underlying police investigation was about, to be
able to really understand what Madison and Klayton went through,
especially when it comes to how Catherine comes into play.
The
dynamic that existed between Brando and Catherine got me in so many
ways - it was intense, it was beautiful but most of all it was dark.
This story made me want to keep reading, to find out what really
happened between these characters. I liked the different nuances in this
story and i can't wait to get my hands not only on the next book in
this series, but also on the previous book to see just what Shana
Vanterpool will do [and has done].
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Romance author, coffee drinker, and bad boy aficionado. Every second not spent breathing is an opportunity to write and read. I live in Northern California with my family and actress dog, Halle Bella. (Just Bella when she decides to cut the crap.) Escaping with a good book is something I live for and I write so others can do the same.
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Hard Love by Peyton Banks
Title: Hard Love
Author: Peyton Banks
Genre: A BWWM Sports Romance
Release Date: May 15, 2018
He was football royalty. Legendary quarterback. A champion.
Reiner Strickland had led his team to three national championships and playing a knight in shining armor was all in a day's work for the NFL star quarterback. Only his damsel in distress had no idea who he was, and it threw him off his game. He was the face of his organization and was used to everyone recognizing him. Her innocence, charm, and beauty captivated him. It wasn’t until after they parted ways that he realized that he never got her number or even her last name.
Jada Dalton had no idea who her sexy knight in shining armor was, but knew that she’d probably never see him again. She was focused on building her business and didn’t have time for love. Just because she was determined to become a successful businesswoman, it didn’t mean she couldn’t dream about her sexy as sin rescuer.
Another chance meeting brings the two together and this time, Jada discovers who exactly Reiner is. She learns quickly what goes along with dating a football legend and is not sure she can handle it. Reiner refuses to let Jada go. He’ll have to dig deep and call out the most important play of his life to ensure that Jada Dalton remains on his team.
Peyton Banks is the alter ego of a city girl who is a romantic at heart. Her mornings consist of coffee and daydreaming up the next steamy romance book ideas. She loves spinning romantic tales of hot alpha males and the women they love. She currently resides with her husband and children in Cleveland, Ohio.
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